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Hearing on “Local and regional democracy in Ukraine: what role for the Council of Europe and the EU?”

Hearing on “Local and regional democracy in Ukraine: what role for the Council of Europe and the EU?”[15/11/2013]

This hearing will be co-organised by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities and the Committee of the Regions in Brussels on 18 November 2013 following the adoption of the Congress recommendation 348(2013) on local and regional democracy in Ukraine on 31 October 2013. The president of the Chamber of Regions of the Congress, Natalyia Romanova, and the Congress rapporteurs on Ukraine; Pascal Mangin, France (R, PPE) and Marc Cools, Belgium (L, GILD) will participate in this event. The hearing will discuss the perspectives of strengthening local and regional democracy in Ukraine and the role that the Council of Europe and the European Union can play to support the development of regions in Ukraine.